CARMEN THE KEENING - American Repertory Theater

WELCOME TO THE CAST OF CARMEN
CHRISTINA BALDWIN — Carmen
Regional: Maria de Buenos Aires,
Carmen, Circus of Tales, Figaro, The
Man Who Laughs, Cosi Fan Tutte and
The Magic Flute (Theatre de la Jeune
Lune); She Loves Me, Pirates of
Penzance, Christmas Carol, and
Comedy of Errors (Guthrie Theater);
Pirates of Penzance (Kansas City
Repertory Theater); Sisters of Swing (The Great American History
Theatre); The Merry Widow, Wonderful Town, and Countess Maritza
(North Star Opera); Trouble in Tahiti (Nautilus Music-Theater); Quilters
(New Breath Productions); Der Rosenkavalier, Madame Butterfly,
Semiramide, and Faust (The Minnesota Opera); and has appeared as
a soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra as well as A Prairie Home
Companion. Film credits: Flourtown, Jona/Tomberry. Training: M.M. from
the University of Minnesota and a B.M. from Lawrence University
Conservatory of Music.
DIETER BIERBRAUER — Morales
Regional: Pirates of Penzance, As You
Like It (Guthrie Theater); A Year With
Frog and Toad (Childrens Theater
Company); Hair (Pantages Theater); A
Christmas Carole Petersen, A Man of No
Importance (Theater Latte Da); A Grand
Night for Singing (Ordway); Romeo and
Juliet, Candide (Minnesota Orchestra);
Honk! (Jon Hassler Theater).
KELVIN CHAN — Remendado, Soldier
Regional: Carmen (Theatre de la Jeune
Lune); Die Zauberflöte (Opera Twin
Cities); Don Carlos (The Minnesota
Opera); An American Magic Flute,
Cinderella (Portland Opera Works);
Judith Triumphant (Ex Machina Antique
Music Theater); L’Enfant et les
Sortileges (Dorian Opera Theatre); Floyd
Collins, Survivor’s Haiku, The Happy Prince (Nautilus Music-Theater).
Served as an Artistic Co-Director (and Baritone) with Cantus. Training:
Candidate for M.M., with the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
MADELINE CIESLAK — Lillas Pastia,
Cigarette Girl
Regional: Rusalka (Opera for the Young);
Little Women, La Clemenza de Tito,
Turandot, Maria Padilla, Madame
Butterfly, Luciá di Lammermoor
(Minnesota Opera); The Secret Garden
(New Breath Productions); Little Women,
Green Eggs and Ham, The Magic Flute,
A Hand of Bridge (Opera in the Ozarks); Die Zauberflöte (Opera Twin
Cities); The Marriage of Figaro (The University of Minnesota); Dido and
Aeneas (Wellesley College).
THOMAS DERRAH* — Zuniga
A.R.T.: Amerika (Chief Cashier, Pollunder,
Robinson), Olly’s Prison (Barry), The
Birthday Party (Stanley), A Midsummer
Night’s Dream (Nick Bottom), Highway
Ulysses (Ulysses), Uncle Vanya (Vanya),
Marat/Sade (Marquis de Sade), Richard II
(Richard), Mother Courage (Chaplain),
Charlie in the House of Rue (Charlie
Chaplin), Woyzeck (Woyzeck), The Oresteia (Orestes). Broadway:
Jackie: An American Life (twenty-three roles). Off-Broadway: Johan
Padan and the Discovery of the Americas (Johan), Big Time (Ted).
Tours with the Company across the U.S., with residencies in New York,
Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, and throughout Europe,
Canada, Israel, Taiwan, Japan, and Moscow. Other: Approaching
Moomtaj (New Repertory Theatre); Twelfth Night and The Tempest
(Commonwealth Shakespeare Co.); London’s Battersea Arts Center; five
productions at Houston’s Alley Theatre, including Our Town (Dr. Gibbs,
directed by José Quintero); and many theatres throughout the U.S.
Awards: 1994 Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence, 2000 and
2004 IRNE Awards for Best Actor, 1997 Los Angeles DramaLogue Award
(for title role of Shlemiel the First). Television: Julie Taymor’s film Fool’s
Fire (PBS American Playhouse), Unsolved Mysteries, Del and Alex (Alex,
A&E Network). Film: Mystic River (directed by Clint Eastwood). He is a
graduate of the Yale School of Drama.
BRADLEY GREENWALD — Don Jose
Regional: María de Buenos Aires, The
Golem, Figaro, Così Fan Tutte, Magic
Flute, The Impresario (with Saint Paul
Chamber Orchestra), Hunchback of
Notre Dame, Don Juan Giovanni,
LifeLiberty, Carmina Burana (Theatre de
la Jeune Lune); She Loves Me, Comedy
of Errors (Guthrie Theater); Under Milk
Wood, Torch Song Trilogy (Jungle Theater); The Last Five Years, Into
the Woods, Red Tide, Hearts on Fire(Nautilus Music-Theater); The
Wizard of Oz, The Snow Queen, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew
Cubbins (Children’s Theatre Company); Rumblings (Minnesota Dance
Theatre); Ten Thousand Things Theater; Illusion Theater; Ballet of the
Dolls; and has appeared as a lyric baritone with the Minnesota Opera,
North Star Opera, VocalEssence, Lyra Concert, Minnesota Orchestra, A
Prairie Home Companion. Awards: Minnesota State Arts Board Music
Fellowship, McKnight Fellowship for Theater Artists
JUSTIN MADEL — Dancaïre, Soldier
Regional: Carmen, Carmina Burana, The
Ballroom (Theatre de la Jeune Lune);
Madama Butterfly (Pine Mountatain Music
Festival); Pagliacci , Carmina
Burana,Turandot (Minnesota Opera);
Wonderful Town, Countess Maritza, La
Belle Hélène, The Red Mill (North Star
Opera. Was the Featured Soloist at the
Silver Bay Music Festival. Awards: 2004 Schubert Club Competition
Winner
BILL MURRAY — Escamillo, Soldier
Regional: Carmen, Rigoletto, Die
Zauberflöte, Der Fliegende Hollander,
Norma, Nixon in China, (Minnesota
Opera); Pacific Overtures, From
Shadows to Light (Theater Mu); Gianni
Schicchi, Les Contes Hoffmann,
Ariadne auf Naxos, The Merry Wives of
Windsor (University of Minnesota).
Abroad: Le nozze di Figaro (La Musica Lyrica - Italy). Training: 2004
Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance at The University of Minnesota.
JENNIFER BALDWIN PEDEN — Micaëla,
Frasquita
A.R.T.: Debut. Regional: Maria de
Buenos Aires, Carmen, Carmina
Burana, The Ballroom, Figaro, Cosi Fan
Tutte, The Magic Flute (Theatre de la
Jeune Lune); A Christmas Carol, Pirates
of Penzance, Comedy of Errors (Guthrie
Theater); Haroun and the Sea of Stories
(Berkeley Repertory Theatre); 4 Short Operas - the Sister Project,
Meditations on Arion (Nautilus Music-Theater); Street Scene,
Semiramide, MacBeth, Transatlantic (Minnesota Opera); Die
Fledermaus, Countess Maritza, Wonderful Town (North Star Opera);
Sisters of Swing (The Great American History Theatre); The
Fantasticks (Park Square Theater); Fiddler on the Roof, Carousel
(Dorian Opera Theatre); and has appeared as a soloist with the
Minnesota Orchestra and A Prairie Home Companion. Film Credits:
Drop Dead Gorgeous, Jona/Tomberry. Training: M.M. from the
University of Minnesota and B.M. from DePaul University
MOMOKO TANNO — Cigarette Girl,
Frasquita
A.R.T.: Debut. Regional: Carmen, Figaro
(Theatre de la Jeune Lune); Camelot
(Chanhassen Dinner Theater); Pacific
Overtures (Park Square Theatre);
Eastern Parade (Mixed Blood
Theater), Pacific Overture, The Walleye
Kid (Theater Mu); Guys and Dolls (Lake
Pepin Theater); Carousel, The Little Sweep (Dorian Opera Theatre);
Hansel and Gretel (Institute of Vocal Artistry Outreach); Brigadoon
(Heritage Theatre). Abroad: Bach’s St. John’s Passion, Magnificat by
Pärt (Heinrich Schütz Chor-Tokyo); Gospel Concert Tour (Tokyo,
Hiroshima, Yokohama, Nara). Training: M.M. from the University of
Minnesota and B.A. from Nihon University.
CORISSA WHITE — Mercedes,Cigarette Girl
A.R.T.: Debut. Regional: The
Handmaid’s Tale (North American premiere),
The Magic Flute, Madame
Butterfly, Carmen (Minnesota Opera);
The Cradle Will Rock, The Women of
Troy (Frank Theatre); The Norman
Conquests (Joking Apart Theatre); Scary
Christmas (Hardcover Theatre); CLIMB
Theatre. Training: B.A. from Lawrence University.
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